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• Do you know what the power of democracy is?

  It's constantly in motion. And we, the people, have the ability to stretch, break, and rebuild its forms.

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• Social Cohesion and Combustion

  The culmination of our October 2020 "Social Cohesion and Combustion" conference, this short film tells the story of participant and Senior Fellow Bill De La Rosa.

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The Bertelsmann Foundation, Humanity in Action & Andrew Keen on How to Fix Democracy: The Interview Series & Live Sessions

• Danilo Türk

  Democracy delivering results | On the occasion of the International Day of Democracy, host Andrew Keen sat down with Danilo Türk, former President of Slovenia and currently President of Club de Madrid for a review of the challenges facing democracies around the world today. The basis of liberal democracy, they discuss, must be reinvented, not just reinterpreted or revived. From electoral systems to the interaction between the economy and politics, Türk argues that international collaboration is important to the evolution of democracy.

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• Hélène Landemore

  Fostering collaboration | Hélène Landemore is Professor of Political Science at Yale University. In this interview, she talks with host Andrew Keen about a wide range of innovations and influences on democracy. They discuss how to engage citizens, from experiments like citizen assemblies to finding ways to increase more regular participation in politics.

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• DeLesslin “Roo” George-Warren

  A political wilderness? | DeLesslin “Roo” George-Warren is a queer artist, researcher, and organizer from Catawba Indian Nation and a Humanity in Action Landecker Fellow. He talks with host Andrew Keen about Catawba Nation views of property, democracy, and the environment in the search for an indigenous view of the meaning of citizenship. Just as arriving Europeans falsely viewed the North American landscape as wilderness, when it was in fact masterfully stewarded by indigenous peoples, they discuss what misconceptions Europeans had about indigenous political and societal organization.

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